Research guide to Holocaust-related holdings at Library and Archives Canada
August 2013 Library and Archives Canada
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...... 4 LAC’S MANDATE ...... 5 CONDUCTING RESEARCH AT LAC ...... 5
HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE ...... 5 HOW TO USE LAC’S ONLINE SEARCH TOOLS ...... 5 LANGUAGE OF MATERIAL...... 6 ACCESS CONDITIONS ...... 6 Government of Canada records ...... 7 Private records ...... 7 NAZI PERSECUTION OF THE JEWISH BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR...... 7
GOVERNMENT AND PRIME MINISTERIAL RECORDS...... 7 William Lyon Mackenzie King Papers ...... 8 Private records ...... 9 Published references ...... 9 THE HOLOCAUST, 1939–1945 ...... 10
JEWISH REFUGEES IN CANADIAN INTERNMENT CAMPS ...... 10 Government and prime ministerial records ...... 10 PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF JEWISH INTERNEES IN CANADA ...... 13 Published references ...... 14 PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF THE HOLOCAUST ...... 14 A SAMPLING OF PUBLISHED PERSONAL MEMOIRS, EARLY HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS AND EVIDENCE, AND EARLY ARTISTIC RESPONSES ...... 14 EUROPEAN JEWISH PUBLICATIONS DURING THE HOLOCAUST: BOOKS FROM ROMANIA AND HUNGARY PRIOR TO THE NAZI OCCUPATION ...... 17 Books from Shanghai, destination of refugees ...... 18 Published musical and theatrical responses...... 19 CONTINUED JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO CANADA ...... 20 Government and prime ministerial records ...... 20 Private records ...... 22 CANADIAN CONCERNS ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF JEWS IN OCCUPIED COUNTRIES ...... 23 William Lyon Mackenzie King correspondence ...... 23 POST WAR ...... 24
LIBERATION ...... 24 Government records ...... 24 Private records ...... 24 Audiovisual accounts ...... 26 Published references ...... 27 ARRIVAL IN CANADA ...... 30 Government records ...... 30
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Private records ...... 32 ARRIVAL IN CANADA – PUBLISHED REFERENCES...... 32 AUDIOVISUAL ACCOUNTS OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS ...... 32 Published references ...... 35 Published reminiscences of Holocaust survivors ...... 36 HOLOCAUST ASSETS AND RESTITUTION ...... 37
GOVERNMENT RECORDS ...... 37 Private records ...... 37 Looted and heirless books ...... 38 Canadian Jewish Congress Plates ...... 39 NAZI WAR CRIMINALS IN CANADA AND ABROAD ...... 40 Government and prime ministerial records ...... 40 Private records ...... 44 COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON WAR CRIMINALS [DESCHÊNES COMMISSION] ...... 45 Government records ...... 45 Private records ...... 46 Published references ...... 47 HOLOCAUST DENIAL ...... 47
GOVERNMENT RECORDS ...... 47 Private records ...... 48 Audiovisual sources ...... 49 Published references ...... 50 HOLOCAUST STUDIES AND JEWISH RESPONSE ...... 50
PRIVATE RECORDS ...... 50 PUBLISHED REFERENCES ...... 50 RESPONSES IN ART, LITERATURE AND MUSIC ...... 51
PERFORMANCE ...... 51 AUDIOVISUAL SOURCES ...... 51 Plays, television dramatizations and feature films about the Holocaust ...... 51 Documentaries about the Holocaust ...... 52 MUSICAL RESPONSES TO THE HOLOCAUST ...... 53 Classical music ...... 53 Popular music ...... 54 ARTISTIC RESPONSES ...... 54 PUBLISHED REFERENCE: LITERARY, ARTISTIC AND EDUCATIONAL RESPONSES TO THE HOLOCAUST ...... 54 Literary ...... 54 Visual: early Holocaust photo documentation ...... 55 Visual: livres d’artistes, secondary sources on Holocaust art, etc...... 56 Educational ...... 57 GENERAL TOOLS AND SOURCES FOR INFORMATION ON THE HOLOCAUST ...... 57
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Introduction
The Research guide to Holocaust-related holdings at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) provides an introduction to our holdings. In keeping with the example set by such institutions as the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre and the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, this guide includes holdings related to the Holocaust in its widest definition. It includes records related to a broad range of events and decisions before, during and after the Second World War. The records documented in this guide cover the pre-war refugee crisis, the internment of Jewish refugees in Canada, the immigration of displaced persons, the postwar prosecution of Nazi war criminals and the creative responses that the Holocaust engendered in artists, writers, filmmakers and others, amongst many other events.
This guide includes archival and published sources. It covers both official records that reflect responses to the Holocaust by the government of the day, as well as personal accounts of the Holocaust and the complex ways in which it affected society in the post-war decades.
Archival records, by nature, are described and arranged according to who created them, rather than by subject. Due to the amount of records preserved by archival institutions, archival records are also frequently described at a general level, rather than by individual item. For these reasons, research by subject is rarely comprehensive. Researchers should note that resources relevant to the Holocaust, but not mentioned in this guide, may therefore also be part of LAC’s holdings. To conduct further research, please consult the LAC website.
Similarly, due to the vast number of publications in LAC’s library holdings that pertain to the Holocaust and its global impact, the published references listed here are also only a sampling of relevant publications, intended to give the researcher an idea of the types of less commonly found publications available, or those with a Canadian angle such as memoirs of Canadian Holocaust survivors. The focus of the bibliography is on the holdings of The Jacob M. Lowy Collection, a renowned collection of Hebraica and Judaica comprising of over 3,000 volumes from the 15th to the 20th century. Amongst the works cited in this guide are rare and special editions either published during the Second World War or in its close aftermath.
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LAC’s Mandate
As set out in the Library and Archives of Canada Act, LAC is mandated to facilitate access to Canada’s documentary heritage, and to make that heritage known to Canadians and to anyone with an interest in Canada. LAC’s Access Policy Framework (2011) aims to make all of its documentary heritage holdings discoverable, available, and accessible to the greatest extent possible.
This research guide supports LAC’s access objectives by providing an overview of documentary heritage holdings related to the Holocaust. As a Government of Canada institution however, LAC works within existing federal legislation, regulations, and policies (e.g., Library and Archives of Canada Act, Copyright Act, Access to Information Act, Privacy Act, etc.). For this reason, access to holdings in this guide may require special permissions or be subject to an access review under applicable legislation.
Conducting research at LAC
How to use this guide
This guide provides references to resources held at LAC. Most references are linked to LAC’s catalogues, where further information about the resource will be found. In most cases, you will not be able to access the actual resource without requesting a copy or by visiting in person.
This guide should be considered as a starting point for research into Holocaust- related resources at LAC, and researchers should note that many more resources do exist in LAC’s holdings. These can be consulted through an in-person visit or by hiring a freelance researcher to conduct research on your behalf.
How to use LAC’s online search tools
Further resources may be identified by researchers through an extensive search using our online tools.
The principal database for searching for archival references is available at: Archives Search—Advanced.
The more precise a search is, the better the search results will be. For instance, if you are interested in the case of a Jewish refugee who was in an internment camp in Canada, you may not find his/her name in our search tools. However, if you know where and when he/she was interned (e.g. at Ile-aux-Noix in 1940–1941), a search of the place name during that time period may give you a starting point for locating relevant records.
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Researchers should note that archival records are usually described in a hierarchical manner, beginning with general descriptions of large groups of records, such as fonds or collections. Fonds and collections are often divided into smaller groups of records, such as series, that provide additional contextual information. If lists of files or items (the lowest levels of description, also referred to as finding aids) exist in digital form, they will be linked to higher levels of description in LAC’s database.
To mine LAC’s published references beyond those listed in this guide, it would be useful to use AMICUS, the cooperative online catalogue of Library and Archives Canada and 1,300 other institutions.
Searching AMICUS by standard Library of Congress Subject Headings, in English (e.g. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945; Holocaust survivors) or standard Repertoire de vedettes-matières, in French (e.g., Holocauste, 1939–1945; Survivants de l'Holocauste) would be useful, in addition to keyword searches.
Most subject headings are analyzed in more depth with geographic or other subdivisions: (e.g., Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945) -- Hungary -- Personal narratives/Holocauste, 1939–1945 -- Hongrie -- Récits personnels; War Criminals—Canada/Criminels de guerre--Canada). Books represented by AMICUS records often contain relevant subject headings that would be useful for further searches.
Language of material
Most of the archival resources mentioned in this guide are in English, although some files may contain documents in other languages. A few of the audiovisual resources are in French. The published references include many Yiddish and Hebrew sources, in addition to English and some French and Polish ones. For the citations of published references in Yiddish or Hebrew in this guide, as well as in the bibliographic records in AMICUS, the LC-ALA Romanization [PDF 128 KB] table is used. For this guide, some of the diacritics have been omitted. Publications in English and French from the 1970s onward tend to be listed by author and title, whereas older books, especially those in Yiddish and Hebrew tend to have more complete bibliographic citations. The imprint and publication date are of significance and a more complete reference will help the reader quickly identify the work. In all cases, a link to the relevant AMICUS record is provided.
Access conditions
Researchers should note that many archival resources are subject to some form of restriction on access and use. LAC works within federal legislation, regulations, and policies, including the Library and Archives of Canada Act, Copyright Act, Access to Information Act, and Privacy Act. Access to holdings in this guide may require special permissions or be subject to an access review under applicable legislation.
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Government of Canada records
Access to all records created or maintained by the Government of Canada is governed by the specific regulations and exemptions found in the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act. If a record is opened, it is marked “code 90: Open” in the online entries. If the record remains closed, it is marked code 32: Restricted by law. Records that have not previously been requested and therefore have not yet been reviewed remain closed and marked code 32. Those that are presently closed under the two Acts, with the marking code 32, can still be requested and reviewed for disclosure. For further information on reviewing closed records, please consult LAC’s website.
Private records
Records donated by private individuals or organizations may also carry restrictions on access and use. Codes for private records include code 90: Open; 18: code Restricted by creator/donor; or code 10: Closed. A group of records may also have the code 96: Restrictions vary, when a combination of the first three codes is applicable. When records are restricted or closed, there will be further details on the nature of the access conditions at the fonds or collection-level description of the records. It may be possible to consult restricted records, either through signing a restricted access form or obtaining permission from donors. For records that are closed, the fonds or collection-level description will include information on when the records are expected to be open.
Nazi persecution of the Jewish before the Second World War
Government and prime ministerial records
Prior to the Second World War, government files and records reflect the experience of Jewish immigrants trying to enter Canada at the time. The government bodies referenced here include the Department of External Affairs (RG25), the Immigration Branch (RG76) and the Office of the Governor-General (RG7).
Description File Number Status Refugees from Austria and Germany RG25 Vol. 1870, 1871 Open United States Proposals – Conference and 1872 File 1938- – Evian, 1938. 327 Jewish Colonization Association, RG76-I-A-1, Vol. 82 Open Montreal, 1920-1951. File 8520, parts 1 to 3, Microfilm C-4749 Immigration to Canada of Jews from RG76-I-A1 Vol. 391 Open Europe, 1926-1934. File 541782 pt 3 Microfilm c-10285
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Immigration to Canada of Jews from RG76-I-A-1 Vol. 391 Open Europe (publications), 1934-1937 File 541782 Pt. 4 Microfilm C-10285 United States proposal regarding RG76 -I-A-1 Vol. 432 Open refugees from Germany and Austria File no. 644452 Part (Report of Conference on Refugees) 1-2 Microfilm C-10312 1938. United States proposal regarding RG76 -I-A-1 Vol. 432 Open refugees from Germany and Austria File no. 644452 Part 3 (Report of Conference on Refugees) Microfilm C-10312; C- 1938. 10313
Department of External Affairs - RG76 -I-A-1 Vol. 440 Open Confidential telegrams to Prime File 670224 Microfilm Minister at Washington, D.C., United C-10318 States, on immigration matters (German Jews on SS ST. LOUIS). 1939, 1941, 1965 National Committee on Refugees and RG76 -I-A-1 Vol. 438 Open Victims of Political Persecution File 661315 Microfilm (reports). 1938-1940 C-10316 Assistance to Refugees from RG25-A-2 Vol. 779 File Open Germany. 1938-1941 382 Microfilm T-1794 Immigration - Deportation - RG7-G-26 Vol. 90 File Open Departure from Canada – Jewish 2085-A Part 1 Refugees and Others. 1936-1945
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
William Lyon Mackenzie King Papers
MG26 –J1 Correspondence Brief description: Several references to Jewish immigration before, during and after the war can be found in his correspondence.
MG26-J13 Diary Brief description: King also recorded his opinions and attitudes to events in his personal diary. Some examples are provided in the links below.
Entries from William Lyon Mackenzie King’s personal diary, MG26-J13 29 March 1938 13 November 1938 20 November 1938 23 November 1938 1 December 1938 26 April 1938 5 July 1938 6 July 1938 9 June 1939
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Private records
Within Canada, organizations such as the Jewish Labour Committee of Canada and the Canadian National Committee on Refugees made significant efforts to bring Jewish refugees into the country. Individuals who left Germany in the late 1930s and were ultimately successful in making Canada their home, such as Rabbis Emil L. Fackenheim and W. Gunther Plaut, contributed immensely to Canadian society in the second half of the 20th century.
Description File Number Status Jewish Labour Committee of Canada MG28-V75/ R3286 Open fonds Jewish Historical Society of Western MG28 V114/R4547, Restrictions Canada Collection: Records of the Microfilms M4581- vary Jewish Immigration Aid Services - 4593, M4595-4599 Western Division Alphabetical Files - Canadian National MG30-D115/R1887 Restrictions Committee on Refugees and Victims Vol. 17 File 8 Vary of Political Persecution - Pamphlets on refugees and address on Jewish refugees. 1938-1939 W. Gunther Plaut fonds MG31-F6/R5917, Vols. Restricted Emigration from Germany and 1-3, 410 by creator/ settlement in USA donor Emil L. Fackenheim fonds MG31-D74/R4535 Restricted Personal records and correspondence by creator/ donor
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Published references
The Bible listed here was published during the first year of the Nazi Party’s rule in Germany, and its celebrated publication that includes Deuteronomy 33:29 printed in red, “Your enemies shall dwindle away before you…,” signifies an early perception of the threat posed to Jews by the Nazi rise to power. For further context, see the Library of Congress’s virtual exhibit, Words like Sapphires: 100 years of Hebraica at the Library of Congress, 1912–2012.
Bible. O.T. Pentateuch. Hebrew. Soncino Gesellschaft.1933. .Hamishah .humshe Torah : meduyakim al pi ha-masorah ve-al pi mahadurat Gintsberg .../mugahim al yede Shemuel Meir Yudovitsh ... ha-otiyot tsuyeru bi-yede Markus Behmer al pi temunat ha-otiyot bi-defuso shel Gershom Kohen be-Prag Berlin:.Hevrat Sontsino, 690 [1929 or 1930] - 693 [1932–1933].
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Margoles Da.vidzon, Khaim. Bay.tshland: dertseylungen fun Idishn lebn in Natsi- land = Baitchland: stories of Jewish life in Nazi-Germany. Nyu York: Aroysgegebn funem Da.vidzon bukh-.komi.te.t durkhn farlag "Signal", bam "Prole.tpen", February, 1939.
The Holocaust, 1939–1945
Jewish refugees in Canadian internment camps Some Austrian and German Jews successfully fled Nazi persecution to Britain. In 1940, the British government asked Canada to house these refugees. Due to their nationality, they were classed as “enemy aliens.” The Jewish refugees were interned in Canada’s enemy alien camps. Between 1940 and 1943, more than 2,000 Jewish refugees were interned in Canada. These camps, run by the Department of National Defence, included those at Fredericton, New Brunswick; Farnham, Quebec; Ile-aux-Noix, Quebec; Sherbrooke, Quebec, Trois-Rivières, Quebec; Cove Fields, Quebec; St. Helen’s Island, Quebec; and Red Rock, Ontario. The records of these camps are found in the Department of National Defence fonds (RG24).
Some references to these camps have been included below. For more extensive references on files related to these camps in LAC’s holdings, researchers may wish to consult LAC’s guide on Second World War internment [PDF 8.15 MB].
Government and prime ministerial records
Description File Number Status Treatment of civilian internees sent RG25-A-3-b Vol. 2767 Open to Canada from U.K. on the S.S. File 621-AU-40 Pt. 1 "ETTRICK" in July 1940. Segregation of Jews and other RG25-A-3-b Vol. 2768 Restricted refugees and German civilians loyal File 621-BM-40 Pt.1 by law to their country in Canadian refugee camps - Inquiry re. 1942-1945 Directorate of Internment RG24 -C-5 Vol. 11253 Open Operations, file relating to Camp N at Newington, Quebec No. 40 Internment Camp, Farnham. RG24-C-3 Vol. 15397 Open 1940-1942 File 2282 No. 40 Internment Camp, Farnham. RG24-C-3 Vol. 15398 Open 1942-1946 File 2282 No. 41 Internment Camp, Île-aux- RG24-C-3 Vol. 15399 Open Noix. 1940-1943 File 2283 No. 42 Internment Camp, RG24-C-3 Vol. 15399 Open Sherbrooke. 1940-1941 File 2284
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No. 42 Internment Camp, RG24-C-3 Vol. 15400 Open Sherbrooke. 1941-1944 File 2284 No. 42 Internment Camp, RG24-C-3 Vol. 15401 Open Sherbrooke. 1944-1946 File 2284 No. 70 Internment Camp, RG24-C-3 Vol. 15404 Open Fredericton. 1940-1942 File 2287 No. 70 Internment Camp, RG24-C-3 Vol. 15405 Open Fredericton. 1942-1945 File 2287
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
File number “7236” in the Subject Files Sub-series of the Department of National Defense Headquarters Central Registry contained the files related to the treatment of enemy aliens. The following is a sampling of those files as they related to some of the camps holding Jewish refugees:
Description File Number Status Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Returns, RG24-C-1 File 7236-1- Open Intelligence Officer 2 - Ile-aux-Noix. 6-41 Microfilm C-5369 1940 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Returns, RG24-C-1 File 7236-1- Open Intelligence Officer 3 - Returns of 7-42 Microfilm C-5371 transfers - Sherbrooke. 1940-1946 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Returns, RG24-C-1 File 7 236- Open Intelligence Officer 3 - Returns of 1-7-70 Microfilm C- transfers - Fredericton. 1940-1945 5371 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Returns, RG24-C-1 File 7236-1- Open Intelligence Officer 4 - Returns of 8-41 Microfilm C-5371 admission and discharges - Outside hospitals - Ile-aux-Noix. 1940-1943 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Returns, RG24-C-1 File 7236-1- Open Intelligence Officer 4 - Returns of 8-42 Microfilm C-5371 admissions and discharges - Outside hospitals - Sherbrooke. 1940-1946 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Returns, RG24-C-1 File 7236-1- Open Intelligence Officer 4 - Returns of 8-70 Microfilm C- admissions and discharges - Outside 5372 hospitals - Fredericton. 1940-1945 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - RG24-C-1 File 7236-1- Open Intelligence Officer 7 - Weekly 9-41 Microfilm C-5372 reports of admissions and discharges, camp hospitals - Ile-aux-Noix. 1940- 1943 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - RG24-C-1 File 7236-1- Open Intelligence Officer 7 - Weekly 9-42 Microfilm C-5372 reports of admissions and discharges,
11 camp hospitals - Sherbrooke. 1940- 1945 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - RG24-C-1 File 7236-1- Open Intelligence Officer 7 - Weekly 9-70 Microfilm C-5372 reports of admissions and discharges, camp hospitals - Fredericton. 1940- 1945 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Monthly RG24-C-1 File 7236- Open report of employment of Prisoners of 34-1-70 Microfilm C- War for which they receive pay - 5379 Fredericton. 1940-1945. Treatment of Enemy Aliens - RG24-C-1 File 7236-8 Open Accommodation - Exhibition grounds, Microfilm C-5376 Three Rivers. 1940 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - RG24-C-1 File 236-9 Open Accommodation, Cove Fields. 1940- Microfilm C-5377 1942 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - RG24-C-1 File 236-11 Open Internment camp B, Little River Microfilm C-5377 Camp, Colters Siding and Camp 70, Fredericton. 1940-1945 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Red RG24-C-1 File 7236- Open Rock internment camp. 1940-1943 12 Microfilm C-5377 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Ile-aux- RG24-C-1 File 7236- Open Noix. 1940-1944 18 Microfilm C-5377 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Ile-aux- RG24-C-1 File 7236- Open Noix. 1940-1944 18 Microfilm C-5378 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Camp N, RG24-C-1 File 7236- Open Newington, Quebec (Sherbrooke). 32 Microfilm C-5379 1940-1947 Treatments of Enemy Aliens - Monthly RG24-C-1 File 7236- Open reports of employments of Prisoners 34-1-41 Microfilm C- of War for which they receive pay - 5379 Ile-aux-Noix. 1940-1943 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Returns RG24-C-1 File 7236- Open to Britain and releases. 1940-1948 47 Microfilm C-5392 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - RG24-C-1 File 7236-1- Open International Officer 32 - Parcels and 11-70 Microfilm C- letters received in internment camps 5376 in Canada - Reports to External Affairs, International Red Cross and Swiss Consul - Fredericton. 1941- 1945 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - RG24-C-1 File 7236-1- Open Intelligence Officer 32 - Parcels and 11-42 Microfilm C- letters received in internment camps 5376 in Canada - Reports to External
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Affairs, International Red Cross and Swiss Consul - Sherbrooke. 1942- 1946 Treatments of Enemy Aliens - Monthly RG24-C-1 File 7236- Open reports of employments of Prisoners 34-1-42 Microfilm C- of War for which they receive pay - 5379 Sherbrooke. 1941-1948 Treatment of Enemy Aliens - Releases RG24-C-1 File 7236- Open in Canada. 1943-1948 47-3 Microfilm C-5392 Transfer of internees from United RG25-A-2, Vol. 824 Open Kingdom to Canada - German File 713 prisoners of War in Canada. 1940- 1942. Intergovernmental Committee on RG25-G-2 Vol. 3195 Restricted Refugees - Admission to Canada - file 5127-40C by law General file. 1943-1945. William Lyon Mackenzie King fonds MG26 J4 Vol. 303 Open Correspondence with T.A. Crerar and Pages 256355 to N.A. Robertson regarding internees 256360 Microfilm C- and refugees, including Arturo 4861 Vivante. May 1941. Correspondence with Ruth Draper MG26 J4 Vol. 303 Open regarding the case of interned Italian Pages 256870 to immigrant Arturo Vivante. 1941 256879 Microfilm C- 4862 World War II- Internees. 1940-1942 MG26 J4 Vol. 359 File Open 3843 Page C248508 Microfilm H-1535 Entry from William Lyon Mackenzie Open King’s personal diary 7 November 1940 MG26-J13 Interned Civilian Refugees and RG18-F-3 Vol. 3566 Open Jewish Refugees (Nominal Roll from File C11-19-4-1 Supp. United Kingdom). 1942-1946 B
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Personal accounts of Jewish internees in Canada Description File Number Status Eric Koch fonds MG30-C192/ R2408, Vols. 1- Open 3 Heinz Warschauer fonds MG31-D129/R4561, Vol. 1 Open Bernhard Pfundt fonds MG31-H174/R12048, Vol. 1 Open Gerald Frey fonds MG30-C252/R10003, Vol. 1 Open Erik Exton fonds MG31 H116/R4250, Vols. 1, 5 Open
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William Walsh fonds MG31-B27/R4771 Restrictions vary Max Gamper R14195 Accession 1983-099 Open collection box A086-02
Internment Camp "B" Canada, Little River Camp, New Brunswick
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Published references Jones, Ted. Both sides of the wire: the Fredericton internment camp.
Koch, Eric. Deemed suspect: a wartime blunder.
Ma.hazor le-Rosh ha-shanah = Form of prayers for the feast of New-Year, with English translation. New York: Hebrew Publishing Co. [1940?] Contains dedication to Cantor Ferdinand
Schlesigner from “Jewish Community Camp “A” in Farnham, Que., Canada”, signed by Manfred Saalheimer and Heinz Abraham
Personal experiences of the Holocaust
Description File Number Status Anna Heilman fonds R11520, Vols. 1-3 Restricted by creator/ Additional resources can be donor found here John Hirsch fonds MG31, D81/R5005, Vol. 64 Open “I Never Saw Another File 4 Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Additional resources can be Concentration Camp” found here
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
A sampling of published personal memoirs, early historical accounts and evidence, and early artistic responses
Auerbach, Rachel. Oyf di felder fun .Treblin.ke: repor.tazsh. .Varshe; Lodzsh; .Kro.ké: Oysgabe fun der Tsen.traler Yidisher his.torisher .komisye baym Ts. .K. fun Poylishe Yidn, 1947. Brief description: Early report on Treblinka and the memoirs of a survivor of that camp
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Ble.ter .vegn .Vilne: zamlbukh. Lodzsh: Farband fun .Vilner Yidn in Poyln bay der Tsen.traler Yidisher his.torisher .komisie, 1947. Brief description: Documentation on Vilna ghetto containing texts, photographs, a fold-out map and model of the Vilna ghetto, and a list of survivors from Vilna living in Poland and elsewhere
Dvorzetsky, Mark Meir. Yerusholayim de-Li.ta in .kamf un um.kum. Paris: Aroysgegebn durkhn Yidishn natsionaln arbeter arband in Ameri.ke un Yidishn fol.ksfarband in Fran.kraych, 1948. Brief description: A detailed early eye witness account of the Vilna Ghetto
Elberg, Simcha. A.keydes-.Treblin.ke: gedan.ken un refle.ksn. Akedath = Treblinke: Essays. Shanghai: [s.n.], 1946 (North China Press). Brief description: Essays by Rabbi Elberg lamenting the death of the six million Jews.
Fenigstein, H. .Varshe.ver Yid. shpi.tal: be.tn Natsi-rezshim. [Munich?]: Aroysgegebn durkh Farlag “Ibergang” bay der Federatsie fun Poylishe Yidn in Day.tshland, Ameri.kaner zone, 1948 (Frankfurt a. M.: Buchdruckeri Joh. Wagner & S. Söhne). Brief description: Report on health statistics of Jews in Warsaw from 1939–1943 by a Warsaw Ghetto hospital doctor, who later immigrated to Canada
Fens.ter, Hersh. Undzere farpanyi.k.te .kins.tler. Pariz: H. Fens.ter, 1951. Brief description: Commemoration and biography of Jewish artists from France who were killed during the Nazi regime
Fun lets.tn .hurbn. Minkhen: Tsentraler his.torishe .komisie baym Tsentral . komi.te.t fun di bafray.te Yidn in der Ameri.kaner zone, 1946– Brief description: Early historical and literary serial on the Holocaust
Goldkorn, Dorka. Mayne zikhroyne funm oyfsh.tand in .Varshe.ver Ge.to. Lodzsh: .Koopera.ti.ver arbe.ter-farlag “Prasa”, 1948. Brief description: Memoir of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising
Goldstein, Bernard. Finf yor in .Varshever ge.to. New York: Farlag “Unzer Tsayt”, 1947. Brief description: Memoir of the Warsaw Ghetto
Grossman, .Vasilii Semenovich. Treblin.ker genem. Mosk.ve: Ogiz, Melukhe-Farlag "Der Emes,"1945. Brief description: Reportage about Treblinka, perhaps the earliest after liberation
Hemshekh: shrif.tn far li.tera.tur, .kuns.t, .kri.ti.k un .kul.tur-gezelshaf.tlekhe frages. Minkhen: Dire.k.torium far dertsiung un .kul.tur: Shrayber-farband fun der sheyre_s-ha-pley.teh, 1948 (gedru.kt in Farlag “Bafrayung”). Brief description: Early artistic response
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Hirschprung, P. Fun Natsishen yomertol: zikhroynes fun a poli.t = From the Nazi Vale of Tears. Montreal: [s.n.], 1944 (Eagle Pub.). Brief description: Holocaust memoirs of late Chief Rabbi of Montreal
Kahanovich, Moshe. Der Yidisher on.teyl in der partizaner-bavegunn fun Sovet- Rusland. Roym: Oysg. fun der Tsentraler historisher .komisye baym Partizaner- farband P.h.h. in I.talye, 1948. Brief description: Jewish participation in partisan groups during the Second World War, with emphasis on the situation in the Soviet Union
Kaplan, Yisrael. Dos fol.ks-moyl in Natsi-.klem: reydenishn in ge.to un .katse.t. Minkhen: Aroysgegebn fun der Tsen.traler his.torisher .komisie baym Ts. .k. fun di bafray.te Yidn in der Ameri.kaner zone in Daytshland, 1949. Brief description: On Yiddish terms and phrases from the Ghetto and the concentration camp
Kaczerginski, Szmerke. .Hurbn Vilne. Nyu Yor.k : Bikher-Farlag, 1947. Brief description: On the destruction of Jewish community of Vilna
Kaczerginski, Szmerke. Par.tizaner geven.[Bamberg : Unzer Weg, 1948]. Brief description: On Jewish partisans
Mark, Bernard, Der oyfsh.tand fun .Varshe.ver ge.to. Pariz: Aroysgegeben durkh der Organizatsie fun Poylishe Yidn bay dem Poylishn .komi.te.t fun natsyonaler bafrayung, April, 1945. Brief description: Early account of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Mazor, Mark. La cité engloutie: souvenirs du ghetto de Varsovie. Paris: Éditions du Centre, 1955.
Noy, Melech. Di .kemfer fun .Varshe.ver ge.to dertseyln. Tel-Aviv: .Vel.t-i.hed Poyle-tsiyen (Ts. S.)-Hisa.hdes, 1945. Brief description: Personal narratives and reports of fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto
Noy, Melech. .Hurben un oyfsh.tand. Tel Aviv: Executive Committee of the General Federation of Jewish Labour in Palestine, 1948. Brief description: “Jews in Warsaw: a collection of reports and biographical sketches of the fallen” (t.p. verso)
Ringelblum, Emmanuel. No.titsn fun.Varshever ge.to. Warszawa: Idisz Buch, 1952. Brief description: Publication of notes that had been recorded by Polish-Jewish historian during the Warsaw Ghetto
Ryczywól, Ber..Viazoy ikh hob ibergeleb.t di Day.tshn. .Varshe: Tsen.traler Yidisher his.torisher .komisie, 1946. Brief description: Memoirs of a Polish Jew
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Sommer, Ernst. Der ofsh.tand fun di farur.teyl.te. Mos.k.ve: Ogiz, Melukhe Ferlag "Emes," 1945. Brief description: Yiddish translation of Revolte der Heilingen, written in 1943 by Czech Jew, possibly the earliest literary text to deal in detail with the Holocaust, in particular the topic of Jewish resistance
Szajewicz, Sim.hah Bunam. Lekh-lekho/Sh. Shaye.vi.tsh; araynfir un bamer.kungen fun Na.hmen Blumen.tal. Lodzsh: [Oysgabes fun der Tsen.traler Yidisher his.torisher .komisie baym Tsen.tral- .komi.te.t fun Poylishe Yidn], 1946. Brief description: Letters and poetry from the Lodz Ghetto
Varshe.ver ge.to oyfsh.tand: 19.ter April 1943–19.ter April 1947. [Landsberg: Aroysgegebn fun Ts. .K. “Poaley-tsiyen” (Ts. S.) un merkaz “Dror” in Day.tshland, 1947?] Brief description: On the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising by two of the Zionist youth groups who had fought in it
Weissbrod, Abraham. Es sh.tarb.t a sh.te.tl: megiles S.kala.t. Skalat Destroyed. Minkhen: Aroysgegebn fun der Tsen.traler his.torisher komisie baym Tsen.tral .komi.te.t fun di bafray.te Yidn in der Ameri.kaner Zone in Day.tshland, 1948. Brief description: History and demise of the Ukrainian town, Skalat
Zylberberg, Lejb. A Yid fun . Klemento.v dertseylt. Varshe: Tsen.traler Yidisher historisher . komisye baym Ts. K. fun Poylishe Yidn, 1947. Brief description: Personal narrative of a survivor from Klimontów, Poland.
Theresienstadt currency [Theresienstadt: Theresienstadt Concentration Camp], 1943. Brief description: Artifact
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
European Jewish publications during the Holocaust: books from Romania and Hungary prior to the Nazi occupation
Books primarily on Jewish law, printed from 1939–1943, were among the last published before the destruction of the communities in these countries. Since Responsa and other works of Jewish law reflect current day concerns, they are potential sources for insight.
Al.tman, Yehudah. She’elot u-teshuvot Me Yehudah. Bal.kani: nidpas bi-defus shel Yits.ha. k Aizi.k .Hayim, c694 [1933 or 1934]–[1943]. Brief description: Responsa literature
Hoffmann, Mosheh Shimon Segal. Sefer Tiferet Mosheh : ... kolel 1. toldot R. T. .ve- tahalukhota.v ha-ru.haniyot be-safah berurah, 2. Berur ha-halakhot ha-shayakhot
17 la-t. de-R. T. Budapesh.t: nidpas be-Vet defus shel Meshulam (Zalman) Kats b. David Tsevi .Katsburg, 703 [1942 or 1943]. Brief description: Responsa literature
Katzburg, David. Sefer Pir.he kehunah : .hidushim u-filpulim ... •al ... Masekhet Pesa. him uve-sofo .Kuntres Keter kehunah she’elot u-teshuvot la-halakhah be- inyanim ha-nog¬im li-. kedushat kehunah ... Budapes.t : Meshulam (Zalman) Kats .Katsburg, 600 [1940]. Brief description: Commentary of the Talmudic tractate Pesa.him and discussion of laws pertaining to priests in Temple service
Pinhas, mi-Shusburg. She’elot u-teshuvot Maharaf Shusburg ... Pin. has mi- Shusburg ... .ve-ito ... od sheloshah sefarim ... Gelile zahav ... Sh. u-t. .Talele orot ... Kanfe nesher .. .asata ... Yoel Kats. Gross.vardain: Binyamin Zeev Rubinsh.tain 702 [1941 or 1942]. Brief description: Responsa literature, including discussion of the Agunah
Taitelboim, Hayim Tsevi. Sefer She’elot u-teshuvot Atse .Hayim : al 4 .helke Sh. •a. Bound with Al .hilkhot Mik.va•ot. Siget: Yaakov Grin.vald, Yosef Hayim Adler, 699 [1938 or 1939]. Brief description: Responsa by Rabbi Taitelboim, Head of the Rabbinical Court of Sighet, includes his work on the laws of mikvah
Books from Shanghai, destination of refugees Many German Jews fleeing Nazism in the 1930s found refuge in Shanghai, China, where there was an already existing Jewish community. During the Second World War, Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese diplomat in Kaunas, Lithuania, issued thousands of transit visas for Jews escaping Europe, including those of the Mir Yeshivah, many of whom also found a relatively safe haven in Shanghai. The refugees numbered around 20, 000 and had been interned by the Japanese in the Hongkew section of the city. Publication of Jewish books and serial publications in various languages continued nonetheless, and reflected the broad range of interests and ideology. With the exception of one published reference to a Shanghai imprint in the Liberation section of this guide and another in the Visual, Early Holocaust Photo Documentation section, the scope of this list extends to postwar in order to keep the Shanghai section an integrated whole.
Danzig, Abraham ben Jehiel Michal. Sefer .Hokhmat adam ... dine Shulkhan arukh Yoreh deah, mi-reshito ve-ad sofo ... Shanghai: be-hotsaat Bet otsar ha-sefarim "Ezrat-Torah" she-a.y. Yeshivat Mir ha-.k, 705 [1944 or 1945] (printed by Mr. Chow Si-Tsing). Brief description: Commentary on a section from Shulkhan arukh, major code of Jewish law
Fishman, J. H. Far.vogl.te Yidn: dertseylungen, Shankhay: aroysgegeben fun a gezelshaf.tlekhn .komi. te.t, 1948. Brief description: Short stories reflecting the state of refugees and their search for a resting place
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Hertsman, Elhanan Yosef. Sefer Gadlut ha-adam: yahil maamar R. Yaakov Emden u-ve•urim be-inyene gadlut ha-adam a. pi. d. ha-musar. Shanghai: Elhanan Yosef ben Shemuel Hertsman, Nisan, 705 [1945] (Chow Si-Tsing, Tung Hwa Book Company). Brief description: On Jewish ethics and teachings of Rabbi Jacob Emden
Levovitz, Yeruchom. Maamarim,.hoveret 9. Shanghai (.Hinah): Maamarim, Sivan, 706 [1946]. Brief description: Students of Rabbi Levovits, spiritual guide of the Mir Yeshiva in Europe, collected some of his teachings in this work
Rapoport, O. Der mehus fun dikh.tung un ir sotsiale fun.ktsie. Shangkhai: [s.n.]. 1941. Brief description: On the social value of poetry
[Talmud Bavli: im perush Rashi, Tosafot ...] Shanghai: .Vaad ha-hadpasah "Torah- Or", 702 [1941 or 1942]–708 [1947 or 1948] Brief description: Lowy set: 22 tractactes in 10 v. Vol. 1, 4-10 signed by L. Barano.vits. Vol. 3. Stamp in Hebrew on title page: Otsar ha-sefarim "Ezrat Torah", de-Yeshivat Mir kha-et be-Shanghai" Signature of [Aryeh] L[eib] Baranovits, Mir Yeshiva student, on some volumes. Rabbi Baron, as he was known in Canada, was a prominent Rabbi and educator in Montreal for over half a century.
Unzer .vor.t. Shankhay: [s.n.], 1946 (Centurion Printing Co.). Brief description: On the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Published musical and theatrical responses
Blakher, Shabtai. Eyn un ts.vantsi.k un-eyner: 22 ophandlungen .vegn di umgebrakh.te Yidishe ar.tis.tn in ersh.tn yor fun der Natsi-hershaf.t in .Vilne, 1941–1942. Nyu Yor.k: .Vilner farlag, 1962.
Fol.kslider: vegn der fo.terlandisher milkhome/gezaml.t fun Sh. Kupershmid Brief description: Songs of Jewish refugees from Nazism to Tashkent and other parts of the Soviet Union collected by Kupershmid
Gebirtig, Mordecai. S’bren.t: 1939–1942. .Kro.ke: Tsen.trale Yidishe historishe .komisie baym Ts. .K. fun Poylishe Yidn op.t .Kro.ke, 1946. Brief description: Poetry/lyrics by a now iconic poet, Gebirtig, who was shot in 1942. His poem S’bren.t, which inspired youth to take up arms against the Nazis, became an anthem that was adopted by the fighters of the underground.
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Continued Jewish immigration to Canada During the War some Jews found refuge and escape from Nazi occupied Europe. Although immigration to Canada was still limited, some Jewish refugees did gain entry.
Government and prime ministerial records
Description File Number Status Intergovernmental Committee on RG25-B-1-k Vol. 2112 Open Refugees. 1943-1948 File AR 408/1, Parts 1-9
Refugees – Admission to Canada of RG25-B-1-k, Vol. 2113 Open Jewish Children from France 1942- File AR 408/2 44 Department of Mines and Resources RG2-B-2 Vol. 46 file D- Open – Co-Operation of United Kingdom 17-1 and Allies – Refugees and Evacuation of Children – Immigration. 1940-1945. Entry into Canada of Jewish children RG25-G-2, Vol. 3107 Restricted from France, 1942-1943. File 4300-40C. by law Refugee immigration to Canada RG76-I-A-1 Vol. 441, Open (lists). 1940-1941 File 673931, Pt 2. Microfilm C-10318 Refugee immigration to Canada RG76-I-A-1 Vol. 441, Open (I.R.O.), 1943. file 673931, part 4.
Refugee immigration to Canada RG76-I-A-1 Vol.442, Open (I.R.O.) (lists), 1943-1944. File 673931, part 7 Admission of Jewish children from RG76-I-A-1, Vol. 477, Open unoccupied France. 1942-1948. file 739325, parts 1 -3 Microfilms C-10412 and C-10413 IMMIGRATION - DEPORTATION - RG7-G-26 Vol. 90 File Open DEPARTURE FROM CANADA - 2085-A Part 2 and 3 JEWISH REFUGEES AND OTHERS. 1947-1964 Resolutions and protests by various RG25-A-3-b Vol. 3121 Restricted persons re: treatment of Jews by File 4626-40 by law Germany - Resolution re: admission of refugees to Canada [pocket]. [1940-1963] Movement of Jewish refugees from RG25-G-2 Vol. 3246 Open Denmark to Sweden. 1943-1944 File 5879-40 Part 1
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Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
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Entries from William Lyon Mackenzie King’s personal diary, MG26-J13 13 February, 27 March, 1944 11 June, 1944 1944
Private records
Description File Number Status Robert James Manion fonds
Immigration - Canadian National MG27 III B7/R4383 Vol. Open Committee on Refugees. 1938-1940 48 File 11
Refugees - Jewish. 1938-1939 MG27 III B7/R4383 Vol. Open 67 File 1
Refugees - Jewish. 1939 MG27 III B7/R4383 Vol. Open 67 File 2
Archie B. Bennett fonds MG30-D223/R10023 Open Vol. 1
Canadian National Committee on MG28 V43/R3396 Vols. Open Refugees collection 1934-1948 1-9 Samuel Zacks fonds
World War II refugee work. 1939- MG30 C144/R2686 Open 1970 Vols. 19-20
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
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Canadian concerns about the treatment of Jews in occupied countries
Description File Number Status U.N. declaration re: treatment of RG25-A-3-b Vol.3122, Restricted Jews by Germany. 1942-1946 file 4637-40C by law
William Lyon Mackenzie King correspondence
Description File Number Status Concerning the Vichy government’s deportation of Jews Correspondence with Etienne MG26-J1 Vol. 329 Page Open Mantoux. January 16, 1942 - 280559 to 280563 September 14, 1942 Microfilm C-6809 Correspondence with Clement MG26-J1 Vol. 334 Page Open Attlee. September 15, 1942 286203 Microfilm C- 6813 Correspondence with Leighton MG26-J1 Vol. 327 Page Open McCarthy. September 28, 1942 278882 Microfilm C- 6808 Correspondence with Peter MG26-J1 Vol. 321 Page Open Bercovitch. September 25, 1942 - 272460 to 272464 October 06, 1942 Microfilm C-6804 Correspondence with Clement MG26-J1 Vol. 334 Open Attlee. December 22, 1942 Pages 287064 to 287065 Microfilm C- 6813 Concerning government policies around Jewish Immigration Correspondence on Jewish MG26-J1 Vol. 283 Open immigration. May 28-29, 1940. Pages 239627 to 239628 Correspondence with F.C. Blair MG26-J1 Vol. 283 Page Open regarding refugee children. June 27, 239629 Microfilm: C- 1940 4566 Correspondence with Grote Stirling, MG26-J1 Vol. 352 Open N.A. Robertson, Dept. External Pages 305891 to Affairs. June 21-23, 1943 305895 Microfilm C- 7046
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On Jewish immigration. May 28-29, MG26-J1 Vol. 283 Open 1940. Pages 239627 to 239628
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Post War
Liberation Canadian troops contributed to the liberation of Belgium and the Netherlands, countries that did not contain concentration camps, but did contain transit camps where Jews were held before being sent to death camps in the East. The Second Canadian Infantry Division did liberate Westerbork, a transit camp in the Northeast Netherlands, which was holding about 1,000 Jewish men and women.
Government records
Description File Number Status War Diary entry, 8th Canadian RG24-C-3 Vol. 14226 Open Reconnaissance Regiment, 14th File 581 Microfilm T- Hussars, the Netherlands, 12 April 12689 1945 War diary entry, South RG24-C-3 Vol. 15264 Open Saskatchewan Regiment, the File 191 Netherlands, 12 April 1945
War Diary entry, Royal Hamilton RG24-C-3 Vol. 15217 Open Light Infantry, the Netherlands, 12 File 182 April 1945 Reports re: Bucherwald RG25-A-3-b Vol. 4171 Open [Buchenwald], Cewiecim File 1426-P-40 Pt 1. [Oswiecim], Bergen-Belsen concentration camps in Germany
Brief description: Speech by George Vanier, Canadian Ambassador to France 1945-1953
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Private records
Description File Number Status Peter Stursberg fonds
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Despatches - Daily Herald & CBC (1 MG31 D78/R5637 Vol. Open of 3), April 23, 1945 20, Files 12-14 Despatches - Daily Herald & CBC (2 MG31 D78/R5637 Vol. Open of 3) 20, Files 12-14 Despatches - Daily Herald & CBC (3 MG31 D78/R5637 Vol. Open of 3) 20, Files 12-14 Aba Bayefsky fonds
Transcripts of the C.M. Donald R3940 vol. 20, files 20- Open interviews with Aba Bayefsky in 30 to 32 1995-1996, including mention of his experience in the displaced persons camps.
Clippings from Jewish Life and R3940 Vol. 21, file 21-7 Open Canadian Jewish Weekly where Bayefsky describes his experience in Bergen-Belsen. Alex Colville fonds MG30-D292/R2111, Open Vol. 1; 1984-014 BK- 023 Smart, Tom Alex Colville: return. Open
Brief description: Curator and author, Smart, argues that Colville’s experiences as a war painter, admitted to Bergen-Belsen, as it was being liberated, had an everlasting impact on his life and art.
Tobie Steinhouse fonds, Personal R11208, Vol. 1 File 7 Open material and memorabilia series Diary of Ethel Ostry MG30-C184/R1756, Open Vol. 1 Herbert Steinhouse fonds R8082 Vols. 1-19 [PDF Open 63.73 KB] Mary Agnes Craig McGeachy and Erwin Schuller fonds
United Nations Relief and R9369 Vols. 2-3 Open Rehabilitation Administration series, 1943-1946
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
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Audiovisual accounts
Description File Number Status Calder, Al – Interview. 1986- Acc. 1988-0514 ISN 110638 Open 09-23 Consultation copies: C09713(2) C09714(1) A1 9909-0027 [Guernesey, camp de Acc. 1968-0033 ISN 155495. Open concentration] 1945-05-30 Consultation copy: C02609 [Concentration Camp Near Acc. 1967-0032 ISN 140272 Open Zutphen Captured by a Consultation copy: C10487(2) Canadian Regiment] 1945-04- 07. [German Concentration Acc. 1967-0032 ISN 142942 Open Camps] 1944-09-30 Consultation copy: C10018 [German Concentration Acc. 1989-0453 ISN 139938. Open Camps] 1944-09-30 Consultation copy: A1 2003- 11-0059 Halton, Matthew – Report Acc. 1978-0014 ISN 251803 Open 1945-04-08. No existing consultation copy Halton, Matthew – Report. Acc. 1978-0014 ISN 250233 Open [World War II, Germany, and No existing consultation copy German responsibility for Dachau] 1945-05-04 Herbert, Bill – Report. [Story of Acc. 1978-0014 ISN 250347 Open the Royal Canadian Air Force No existing consultation copy Officer Boss Walter, who helped a mother and her son to meet again in a concentration camp] 1945-06-06 Lafleur, Benoit – Reportage. Acc. 1978-0014 ISN 250213. Open [La défaite de l'Allemagne et No existing consultation copy des impresssions sur les horreurs de Buchewald, Dachau et les camps de concentration] 1945-05-01 Lafleur, Benoit – Reportage. Acc.1978-0014 ISN 250321 Open [Camp de concentration No existing consultation copy d'Alderney] 1945-05-30 Ouimet, Marcel - Reportage. Acc. 1978-0014 ISN 250087 Open [L'Allemagne et d'un camp de No existing consultation copy concentration, près de Deventer et Oske] 1945-04-08 [Georges-P. Vanier à Acc. 1968-0033 ISN 155480. Open Buchenwald]. Déclaration du Consultation copy : C02609 major-général Georges-P. Vanier, ambassadeur du
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Canada en France, sur sa visite au camp de concentration de Buchenwald: son témoignage des atrocités. 1945-04-30. Vanier, Georges P. – Talk. Acc. 1971-0033 ISN 136210 Open 1945. Talk by Major-General No existing consultation copy Georges P. Vanier, Canadian ambassador in France, about World War II and German prison camps at Buchenwald. Vanier, Georges P. – Talk. Acc. 1972-0002 ISN 136492 Open 1945. Talk by Major-General Consultation copy: A1 9809- Georges P. Vanier, Canadian 0020 ambassador in France, about World War II and German prison camps at Buchenwald. Part 2. [World War II Report and Acc. 1978-0014 ISN 250217 Open Comment]. Report by Bill No existing consultation copy Herbert followed by comments by General Georges P. Vanier. 1945-05-01 Rideout, Sue. Victory 1945 [videorecording]
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Published references
This section contains works that reflect the continuity of Jewish life following liberation, in addition to other aspects of liberation listed above.
Antologhie fin der naier Idis¸er dihtung/oisgheklibn un ¸tunoifghes¸telt fin I. Panner un E. Fränkel ; mit an hakdume fin Iakov Groper. Ias: Farlag Idis¸er Kultur kraiz "I. L. Peretz", 1945. Brief description: A collection of Yiddish poetry world-wide including the work of Canadian writer and Holocaust survivor: Rachel H. Korn
Grin.vald, Mosheh ben Amram. Kun.tres hakhanah de-rabah: .ve-hu sefer ha- tsa.va•ah. [Fernwald, Germany]: Amram Tsevi Grin, [1948]. Brief description: Jewish ethics he-.Haluts ba-"Beri.hah" uva-hapalah: peulot .ve-hesegim, .hoveret sikum le- Histadrut "he-.Haluts ha-e.had" ben tsibur ha-peli.tim be-I.talyah. Roma: be- hotsa•at Mercaz "he-.Haluts ha-e.had" be-Roma, .Tevet, 709 [1949].
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Brief description: A collection of reports from Zionist groups in Italy, and their efforts to organize aliya (immigration to Palestine) from Europe
Hagadah le-Fesah : im perush Derekh .Hayim .../me-et Yaakov mi-Lisa. Minkhn [Munich]: Nidpas a. y. ha-.Vaad le-hotsaot sefarim etsel .Vaad ha-hatsalah, 1948. Brief description: On the fly leaf, there is a printed dedication to Mr. Isaac Shalom, one of the leaders of the Vaad Hatzala, the Rescue Committee of European Jewry, which was an umbrella organization based in New York. It was established in November 1939 by the Executive Committee of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis in the United States and Canada.
Heilprin, Jehiel ben Solomon. Sefer Seder ha-dorot: .kore ha-dorot mi-rosh yemot olam ..., .hele.k 1. Bergn Belzn: nidpas a.y. ha-avrekh Nisan Lezer mi-Brigel, [1945-1949?]. Brief description: Published in the Bergen Belsen Displaced Persons Camp, after 1945.
Lewin, O . (ed.) Almanac-Shanghai, 1946-1947. Shanghai: Shanghai Echo, [1946 or 1947]. Brief description: Includes topics such as UNRRA in China, repatriation of emigrants as well as a directory of Jews in Shanghai that also lists city of origin as a way to aid survivors to locate friends and family
Maimonides, Moses. Mishneh Torah hu ha-yad ha-.hazakah. Minkhn: Sinai shel ha- a.him Langer, 1947 (nidpas be-Vet ha-defus ha-Universi.tah shel .K. .Volf u-veno). Brief description: Reprint of a miniature edition of Maimonides’s classic on Jewish law for the layman. Printing authorized by Headquarters, European Command Civil Affairs Division, the United States Command in Europe, “EUCOM” [15 March 1947–1 August 1952]
Oyf der fray. Free Again. Sh.tu.tgar.t: Aroysgegebn in Tsen.ter fun di Bafray.te Yidn in Sh.tutgar.t, Adar-Si.van, 606; Februar-Yuni, 1946. Brief description: Holocaust survivors in Germany and their re-building of all aspects of community life, published in Displaced Person Centre Stuttgart
Passover Seder Service: Deutsches Theatre Restaurant; Munich, Germany, April 15-16, 1946. Musaf le-hagadah shel Pesah; sider ve-tsiyer Y.D. Sheynzon Minkhen: Histadrut tsiyonit a.hidah .ve-No.ham. be-Germanyah, 1946. Brief description: This hagadah, described as a supplement (musaf), to the traditional text was written by Y. D. Sheynzon, who later became a Jewish educator in Montreal. He also illustrated the vignettes and borders.
A survivors' Haggadah/written, designed, and illustrated by Yosef Dov Sheinson; with woodcuts by Miklós Adler ... edited and with an introduction by Saul Touster. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1999. Brief description: An annotated edition of the above hagadah that also has an English translation. The woodcuts depict conditions in labour camps during the Holocaust.
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Parshes "Ekzodus - 1947". [s.n.]: Aroysgegebn durkh der "Haganah" in goles Eyropa, [1947?] Brief description: After the Second World War, illegal immigration to Palestine increased and the British authorities decided to stop it by sending the ships back to the ports of embarkation in Europe, of which Exodus was the first.
Blumentfeld, I. Pessach-Buch, 5706-1946: zum ersten Befreiungs und Frühlingsfest der Überreste Israels in Europa. Marburg: "Jüdische Rundschau", 1946. Brief description: Another early hagadah published for survivors in Germany
Rabinowich, Solomon, ha-Kohen, of Radomsko. Sefer Tiferet Shelomoh al ha- zemanim u-moadim … Fern.vald [i.e., Fernwald]: Shaul Hu.t.terer, [1946?] (defus Efrayim ben Shalom). Brief description: Jews who found themselves in the Displaced Persons Camp for Jews in Fernwald began printing Hebrew books. This printer dedicated book in memory of his parents and others who perished in the Holocaust.
Seder tefilah .ve-ta.hanunim be-maamar ha-melekh yar. h. li-teshuat tsivaotenu u- tseva•ot anshe britenu, Yom 1. Ki Tavo, hu .hamesh shanim meet partsah ha- mil.hamah= Order of service during the war for the National Day of Prayer and Dedication on the fifth anniversary of the outbreak of hostilities, Sunday, September 3, 1944-5704. London: Office of the Chief Rabbi, 704, 1944.
Sefer otiyot de-Rabi A.kiva ...: me.habroha-hu Rabi A.kiva, ha-doresh ... kitre otiyot sheba-Torah ...Marghi.ta: Tsevi Mos.ko.vits, 707 [1946 or 1947]. Brief description: Book on mysticism and religious aspects of Hebrew alphabet
Siddur.1945. Seder tefilah Tik.vat Yisrael: kolel tefilot .ve-khol yemot ha-shanah .ve-tefilot ke-sidran le-shabat Yo.t. ve-yamim nora•im, ha-kol be-otiyot gedolot. Cleveland: hotsaah meyu.hedet meet Mosad .Keren Shapira, 706 [1945 or 1946]. Brief description: Printed dedication in Hebrew stating that this prayer book is a present of American Jewry to Holocaust survivors through the agency of the Joint Distribution Committee]
Talmud Bavli: im kol ha-mefarshim ke-asher nidpas mi-.kedem ve-im hosafot .hadashot ke-mevo•ar ba-shaar ha-sheni. Minkhen [Munich]-Haidelberg: .Vaad Agudat ha-Rabanim be-ezor ha-Ameri.kai be- Ashkenaz, be-siyua shil.ton ha-tsava de-Artsot ha-Berit veha-Dzoyn.t be-Germanya., 570, 1948. Brief description: First complete Talmud printed in postwar Europe. Special edition published in the American zone in Germany for the benefit of Jews in Displaced Person camps. The illustrated title page depicts the Holocaust and slavery of Israelites in Egypt to the Redemption of the Jewish people and the Return to the Land of Israel. There is also a printed dedication in English to the US Army thanking them for their role in the rescue of the Jewish people.
Talmud. Nedarim. Masekhet Nedarim min Talmud Bavli: im kol ha-mefarshim ka•asher nidpas mi-.kedem ve-im hosafot .hadashot ke-movoar be-shaar ha-sheni.
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Minkhen-St. O . tilien: .Vaad agudat ha-rabanim be-ezor ha-Ameri.kai be-Ashkenaz be-siyua .Vaad ha-hatsalah a.y. Agu. ha-r. de-Ar.ha-B. .ve-.Kanadah, 1946. Brief description: This edition appears to be the trial edition for the complete set, printed two years later and listed above. It has a similarly illustrated title page. The introduction describes the longing of survivors for the Jewish books and the location of this tractate, upon which this photo-offset edition was based.
Undzer .veg. Our Way. [Munich]: Ts. .k. fun di bafray.t Yidn in der Ameri.kaner zone, 1947. 246. (LAC holding: nr. 48 (III), Yuli, 1947) Brief description: Holocaust survivors
Yidishe shrif.tn: literarish zamlbukh/[reda.ktor Leo Fin.klshtayn]. Lodzsh: Farayn fun Yid. li.tera.tn un zshurnalis.tn in Poyln, 1946. Brief description: First Yiddish literary miscellany post Second World War, with contributions by Canadian writers and Holocaust survivors: Rachel Häring Korn and Yehude Elberg. The latter wrote an article on the Warsaw Ghetto.
Di Yudishe froy: broshur ge.vidme.t der heyli.kay.t fun Yudishen familien leben (.tahares ha-mishpokheh). Roym: tsuzamengesh.tel.t un redagir.t durkh hanhalat Yeshivat Meor ha-golah in Roym bay der finansieler mi.thilf fun .Vaad hatsoleh, 706, 1946. Brief description: This brochure, produced by the re-established Yeshivat Meor ha-golah in Rome, 1946, aimed to re-establish traditional Jewish life by discussing the holiness of family life and the laws pertaining to the ritual immersion of women in the mikveh.
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Arrival in Canada
Working with the International Refugee Organization, Canada accepted large numbers of survivors, whose integration made significant contributions to post-war Canadian society.
Government records
Description File Number Status Intergovernmental Committee on RG25-B-1-k Vol. 2112 Open Refugees. 1943-1948 File AR 408/1 Admission to Canada of certain RG25-B-1-k Vol. 2113 Open classes of Emigrants from Western File 408/4 Europe – Intergovernmental. 1946- 1951 Refugees – General. 1946-1948 RG25-B-1-k Vol. 2113 Open File 408/5 Revised regulations governing RG25-B-1-k, Vol. 2119 Open Canadian Immigration Policy. 1947 File AR 444/1
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UN organizations - Committee on RG25-G-2 File block Restrictions Refugees and Displaced Persons 5475-T vary established by Economic and Social Council. Department of External Affairs, files RG25-G-2 File block Restrictions on refugees and displaced persons 5127 vary International Organization for RG25-G-2 Vol. 3805 Restricted placement of war orphans – Plans File 8373-40 Pt. 1 by law re. 1945-1956 Liaison Division, Department of RG26-B-1 Vols. 10-12 Open National War Services. 1941-1961 Committee records, Department of RG26-A-2-c Vols. 72-73 Open Citizenship and Immigration. 1947- 1958 United Nations General File [Press RG26-A-1-Vol. 81 File Open releases from United Nations Press 1-24-13 Division, United Nations General Assembly releases re: migration of displaced persons and refugees… related material]. 1947-1957 Reception and Care of Canadian RG26-A-1-c Vol. 121 Open Deportees from the United States File 3-29-3 and from Other Countries. 1948- 1957 Jewish Immigration [with pamphlet RG26-A-1-c Vol. 123 Open by the Jewish Immigrant Aid File 3-32-14 Society]. 1947-1957 Admission to Canada from Poland RG26-A-1 Vol. 129 File Open [with some lists of Polish 3-33-26 immigrants]. 1946-1957 Immigration from Austria. 1958- RG26-A-1 Vol. 124 File Open 1968 3-33-4 Part 2 Displaced Persons - Skilled RG27-Q-1 Vol. 278 File Restricted craftsmen for the Clothing Industry. 1-26-5 by law 1946-1948 Displaced Persons - Skilled RG27-Q-1 Vol. 279 File Restricted craftsmen for the Clothing Industry. 1-26-5-1 by law 1948-1953 Skilled Craftsmen for the Clothing RG27-Q-1 Vol. 279 File Restricted Industry. 1947-1953 1-16-5-2 by law Immigration to Canada of Jews from RG76-I-A-1 Vol. 391 Open Europe, 1937-1940 File 541782, Pt. 5 Immigration to Canada of Jews from RG76-I-A-1 Vol. 390 Open Europe (Pamphlets). 1940-1949. File 541782, Pt. 6 Canadian Jewish Congress 1947- RG76-I-A-1 Vol. 660 Open 1953 file B65714, Microfilm C-10595
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Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required. Private records
Description File Number Status Jewish Immigrant Aid Services MG28-V38 Restrictions fonds vary Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of MG28-I110/R1463 Vol. Open Canada, Canadian Council on Social 186 File number 17 Development fonds Jewish Family Services of the Baron MG28-V86/R3288 Restrictions de Hirsch Institute fonds vary
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Arrival in Canada – published references
Abella, Irving and Harold Troper. None is too many: Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933–1948.
Martz, Fraidy. Open your hearts: the story of Jewish war orphans in Canada.
Audiovisual accounts of Holocaust survivors
Description File Number Status Canadian Jewish Congress fonds
Voices of Survival.1988 Acc. 1998-0102 ISN Open 282522 Emil L. Fackenheim fonds
Don Harron's Morningside. Acc. 1978-0188 ISN Open Interviews with Emil Fackenheim, 435881 Regina Eisenstein, Paul Trepman. No existing consultation 1978 copy Interview of Emil Fackenheim by Acc. 1979-0057 ISN Open Eric Koch. 1978 435453 No existing consultation copy CBC
Return to Buchach. [Documentary Acc. 1992-0197 ISN Open about Mina Fosner] 200461 No existing consultation copy
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The Fifth Estate. [Includes Acc. 1985-0397 ISN Open interview with Henry Morgentaler] 6450 1977 Consultation copies: V1 8510-0029; v1 9309- 0042 Take 30. [Interview with Henry Acc. 1978-0316 ISN Open Morgantaler] 1974 171823 Consultation copy: V1 7905-0021 Man Alive. [Includes interview of Acc. 1986-0810 ISN Open Jack Kuper] 1967 79732 No existing consultation copy Tom Fulton fonds
Sunday Edition : On the Arts. Acc. 2000-0038 ISN Open [Interview with Jack Kuper] 1989 315743 Consultation copy: 315743-2000-0038- 1290.mp3 Colin Strayer fonds
Iskowitz. [Documentary about Acc. 1992-0097 ISN Open Gershon Iskowitz] 1982/1987 194563 No existing consultation copy Anna Heilman fonds
Unlikely Heroes : [excerpt] 2002 Acc. 2006-0013 ISN Open 370725 No existing consultation copy Heilman, Anna – Interview. 1994 Acc. 2006-0013 ISN Open 370729 Consultation copies: V1 2008-10-0025 V1 2008-10-0051 Heilman, Anna - Interview Acc. 2006-0013 ISN Open Survivors of the Shoah Visual 370726 History Foundation. 1996 No existing consultation copy Heilman, Anna – Reminiscence. Acc. 2006-0013 ISN Open 1997 370727 Consultation copy: V1 2008-10-0023 Heilman, Anna – Interview. 1997 Acc. 2006-0013 ISN Open 370727
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Consultation copy: V1 2008-10-0023 Henry Morgentaler fonds
Morgentaler, Henry – Entrevue. Acc. 2001-0019 ISN Open 1995 324943 No existing consultation copy Kati Vita fonds
Morgentaler, Henry – Interview. Acc. 2002-0094 ISN Open 1966 337227 Consultation copy: A1 2005-06-0068 Rosenfarb, Chava – Interview. 1968 Acc. 2002-0094 ISN Open 337274 Consultation copy: A1 2005-07-0024 Treblinka Feature. 1965 Acc. 2002-0094 ISN Open 337343 Consultation copy: A1 2005-09-0016 Charles G. Roland fonds
Pernal, Eugenia – Interview. 1987 Acc. 1989-0379 ISN Open 136059 Consultation copies: 136059-1989-0379-28- S1.mp3; 136059-1989- 0379-28-S2.mp3 Wygodzka, B.J. – Interview. 1988 Acc. 1990-0135 ISN Open 154781 Consultation copies: 154781-1990-0135-17- S1.mp3; 154781-1990- 0135-17-S2.mp3; 154781-1990-0135- 18.mp3 Sol Littman fonds
Rauchwerger Abraham – Acc. 2006-0008 ISN Restricted by Reminiscence. 1987 370609 creator/donor Consultation copies: 370609-2006-0008-34- S1.mp3; 370609-2006- 0008-34-S2.mp3 A.M. Klein fonds
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Martyrs and Heroes. [Speech by Acc. 1973-0081 ISN Open A.M. Klein] 228615 Consultation copy: C09809(3) Ethnicity and Sculpture. [Featuring Acc. 1993-0300 ISN Open sculptors Gina Tannenbaum and 218497 Misha Frid.] 1986 No existing consultation copy Voice of the Pioneer. Mandelkern, Acc. 1989-0460 ISN Open Ben – Interview. 1988 142813 Consultation copy: A1 9812-0018 Jaworski, Tadeusz – Reminiscence. Acc. 2006-0008 ISN Restricted by 1985 370607 donor Consultation copies: 370607-2006-0008-31- S1.mp3; 370607-2006- 0008-31-S2.mp3 Life and Times: Encounters with Acc. 2008-0044 ISN Open Moses. [Documentary on Moses 427342 Znaimer] 2006 No existing consultation copy John Hirsch Fonds
War Orphan Project MG31 D81/R5005 Vol. Open 13
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Published references
This section contains publications by or about individuals listed in the above section of audiovisual archival material as they pertain to the Holocaust. Where applicable, some published references are listed elsewhere – e.g. Fackenheim’s works are in the Holocaust Studies and Jewish Response section. A search under the name in AMICUS will yield the complete works by the author in LAC’s holdings.
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Kuper, Jack. Child of the Holocaust.
Mandelkern, Benjamin; with the assistance of Mark Czarnecki. Escape from the Nazis.
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Martz, Fraidy and A. Wilson. A fiery soul: the life and theatrical times of John Hirsch.
Rackover, Suzanne Beth. The Holocaust art of Gershon Iskowitz, Isaac Applebaum and Yehouda Chaki [PDF 6.92 MB] Brief description: MA thesis
Rosenfarb, Chava. Exile at last. Brief description: Electronic resource
Rosenfarb, Chava and Goldie Morgentaler (translator). Survivors: seven short stories.
Schwartz, Sheldon (ed.). Never far away: the Auschwitz chronicles of Anna Heilman.
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Published reminiscences of Holocaust survivors
This section contains some published reminiscences of Holocaust survivors in Canada not mentioned elsewhere in this guide. In the case of a series or a publisher specializing in Holocaust memoirs, a search in AMICUS under the series title or name of publisher would yield the complete holdings, whereas only one or two citations from each group are listed below.
Azrieli series of Holocaust survivor memoirs. Toronto: Azrieli Foundation
Collection Azrieli des mémoires de survivants de l'Holocauste. Toronto: Azrieli Foundation
The majority of the Azrieli titles are available in English and in French.
Dick, Tommy. Getting out alive.
Dick, Tommy. Objectif: survivre.
Memoirs of Holocaust survivors in Canada. Montreal: A publication of the Concordia University Chair in Canadian Jewish Studies and the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, c1999– .
Polish-Jewish Heritage Foundation of Canada. Fondation canadienne du patrimoine judéo-polonais à Montréal
Montreal publisher of memoirs published in English, French or Polish. Below is an example of one its publications:
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Epsztein, Maria. Macierzy´nstwo za drutami: wspomnienia, 1940-1980. Montreal: Polish-Jewish Heritage Foundation of Canada, 2005.
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required
Holocaust assets and restitution
Government records
At the end of the War, by international agreement, assets belonging to individuals persecuted by the Nazis were to be returned to their rightful owners or heirs. It is well documented that the enormity of the Holocaust, followed by the subsequent nationalization of property in Eastern Europe, presented serious obstacles to the fulfillment of this agreement. Nevertheless, many files within the Records of the Office of the Custodian of Enemy Property, now preserved by LAC, document the theft of property by Axis powers and the efforts by owners and heirs to seek compensation.
The challenge for the researcher is that the organization of these files by the Custodian does not differentiate between Canadians and foreign nationals, or those holding Canadian property and those holding property in enemy territories. The claims of many Jewish families are documented in these files, including the Ephrussis, the Rothschilds, and the Bloch-Bauerss. Therefore, the researcher needs to identify the name of the property holder and search this fond by that name.
Description File Number Status Claims files, War Claims Branch. RG117-D-2 Vols. 285- Restricted 1933-1977 615 by law Case files, Headquarters. 1939-1976 RG117-A-3 Vols. 616- Restrictions 1541, 1782-2300, vary 2376-2830 International Claims series relating RG19 Vols. 7048-7117 Restricted to the War Claims Commission, the by law Foreign Claims Commission and the Custodian of Foreign Property. 1916-2001, predominant 1942-1988
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Private records
Description File Number Status James Duncan MG30 E182 Vols. 15-16 Files 60-72 Restrictions Hyndman fonds, files vary
37 on War Claims Online finding aid [PDF 84.38 KB] Commission Manfred Saalheimer MG31-H171/R4880 Vol. 1 Open Fonds
Looted and heirless books
The Nazi’s seizure of Jewish books and religious articles began in the late 1930s in Germany and this wasy extended to the occupied territories. In 1940, Alfred Rosenberg was appointed by Hitler to develop a library to collect “enemy” materials “for the planned educational and research institute of the Party, Hohe Schule, to be located in Chiemsee in Bavaria.” Seized books designated for collection were often kept in storage in Germany such as the Archival Depot in Offenbach.
In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the Offenbach Archival Depot was a central collecting and distributing point of books and other cultural materials in the American Zone of Germany. Jewish Cultural Reconstruction, an umbrella organization, that included leading Jewish Studies scholars, identified collections and, where possible, returned them to institutions that continued to exist such as the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana, in Amsterdam. The heirless cultural materials, many of which had belonged to individuals, were distributed to institutions and Jewish communities worldwide, including to the Canadian Jewish Congress. The Canadian Jewish Congress, in turn, distributed materials within Canada, such as the Winnipeg Jewish Public Library, which were later donated to the Lowy Collection.
Stamp of Bibliothek Reichsinstitute für Geschichte des neuen Deutschland, with Reichsadler and Swastika
Kabuli, Solomon ben Menachem [ed.] She’elot u-teshuvot shel ha-geonim. Kustandinah [Istanbul]: David .Kashati ben ve-Eliezer Yitsha.k Ashkenazi, 335 [1575].
Stamp of Offenbach Archival Depot
Gezeres Ta.h. Vilne: Bibliote.k fun Yivo, 1938.
Kinot le-Tishah be-Av ke-minhag Polin im Taytsh ketav ivri ve-ne.kudot ... Vilna: bi-defus Menahem Man b.R. Barukh ve-Simhah Ziml b.R. Mena.hem Na.hum, 604, 1844.
Stamp of Offenbach Archival Depot and Canadian Jewish Congress Plate
Wolff, A. A. A.teret shalom ve-emet = Die Stimmen der ältesten glaubwürdigsten Rabbinen über die Pijutim . Leipzig: Durk und Berlag von L. Schnauss, 1857.
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
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Canadian Jewish Congress Plates
Bible. O.T. Former Prophets. Hebrew. 1814. Sefer .kiryah ne•emanah kolel nevi•im rishonim … Fiorda [Fürth]: be-vet uve-defus ha-Torani Itsi.k ben David Tsirendorf, 5565 [1814 or 1815].
Bible. O.T. Hebrew. 1817. Kitve .kodesh: nidpas me-hadash u-mahadurim be- tosafot rabot … .Vin [Vienna]: gedru.kt bay An.ton Shmid, 1817.
Bible. O.T. Hebrew. 1832. Sifre .kodesh im targumim u-veurim mi-me.habrim shonim. Prag [Prague]: gedru.k.t und verlag des M.J. Landau, [693-699, i.e. 1832 or 33-1833-39]
Crescas, .Hasdai. Sefer Or. H. Vilna: bi-defus Shraga Faivl Garber, 665, 1904.
Harkavy, Elhanan. Sefer Dor yesharim :kolel seder ha-yahas le-mishpahat Harkavi (Harkavi) : korot yeme ha-anashim ha-metsuyanim be-doroteha ha-rishonim, ve- toldot hakhameha ... ha-ba•im aharehem, pe¬ulotehem ¬al sede ha-sifrut ... Nuyork [New York]: [Elhanan Harkavy], 661 [1900–1901], 1903.
Ibn Zahav, Ari. Yeme David: roman histori, sefer 3. Shemesh ad meveo-o. Yerushalayim: Mitspeh Yerushalayim, [1928 or 1929].
Hilkhot Rav Alfas. helek 6 [Masekhet Yevamot] : hen hineh halakhot pesukot ha- nikhlalot ba-Talmud Bavli ha-gadol asher asfan ... ve-hibran le-talmud katan. nidpas be- Amsterdam: [s.n], 581 [1820 or 1821].
Hirsch, Samson Rahael. Sefer Horev: yekhalkel koshet ve-dadat u- metav higayon be-hovot ha-Yisreeli … Vilna: bi-defus ha-almanah veha-ahim Rom, 653, 1832.
Meyouhas, Joseph. Yalde Arav: [sefer agadot]. Tel Aviv: Devir, [687]–689, [1927]– 1929.
Rossi, Azariah ben Moses dei. Sefer Maor enayim. Vilna: Yitshak Aizik ben Yaakov veha-nilkvim alav, 1863–1865.
Rubinshtain, Shemu•el Mosheh ben Yitshak. Sefer Torat ha-kabalah kolel yesode Torah shebe-al peh ...im mavo ha-Talmud veha-sefer be-shem ha-Midrash, helek 1. Varsha: bi-defus ha-hashmali a.y. Ari. Yehudah Leb Lifshits, 672 [1932 or 1932].
Smolenskin, Perez. ha-Toeh be-darkhe ha-hayim, o, Toldot Yosef ha-yatom me-ir Madmenah : sipur be-arabaah halakim, helek 3. Vilna: be-hotsa•at Bet mishar ha- sefarim Mordekhai Katsenelenbogen, 565, 1905. (Varsha: bidefus ha-Tsefirah. 665 [1905].
Tsifroni. A. (ed.) Leshonenu : rivon le-¬inyne ha-lashon ha-Ivrit. Tel Aviv: Vaad ha- lashon ha-Ivrit be-Erets Yisra•el, 692-693 [1932-1933].
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Wohlgemuth, Juda Ari. Yesodot hinukh ha-dat le-dor. Rigah: Vogemut, 1937.
Young, Grace (Chisholm). Der kleyner geometer: ershter kurs fun geometrie/ibergezetst oyf Yidish fun E. Alshvonger. Drezden: Farlag "Vostok", 1921.
Nazi war criminals in Canada and abroad
Government and prime ministerial records
Description File Number Status War Criminals. 1942-1945. RG2-B-2 vol. 12 File W-41 Open War Criminals. 1942-1948. RG2-B-2 vol. 120 File W-41 Open Bulgarian and German atrocities RG25-G-2 Vol. 3034 File Open in Yugoslav. 1942-1948 4079-40 German atrocities in RG25-G-2 Vol. 3034 File Open Czechoslovakia. 1943-1960 4079-B-40 German atrocities in Poland. RG25-G-2 Vol. 3034 File Open 1942-1948 4079-E-40 German atrocities in Lithuania. RG25-G-2 Vol. 3034 File Open 1944 4079-G-40 War criminals trials – reaction RG24 -C-1-a Vol. 2053 File Open from the public. 1946. HQS-54-27-1-93 No.1 War Crimes Investigation RG24-C-26, Vols. 5300- Open Unit. 1945-1946 5301 Privileged Documents [… affidavit RG26-A-2-a Vol. 70 File 37 Open of W.E. Harris in case of Jacques Duge de Bernonville v. J.M. Langlois; -… other materials]. 1942-1951 Prosecution, conference and regulation case files of the Department of Justice
See the following references:
Jacques Dugé de Bernonville – RG 13 BAN 2000-01038-5 Restricted Board of Inquiry Under Boxes 20-21 File 154708 by law Immigration Act. Proposed deportation to France for alleged collaboration with the Germans during World War II – Conviction in France of treason par contumace. Statutes: Immigration Act RSC 1927, C93, S3(d)&(r); Quebec Habeas Corpus Act RSQ 1941, C340, S3, S4, S6, 1948-1953
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Jacques Dugé de Bernonville – RG 13 BAN 2000-01038-5 Restricted Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Box 22 File 160576 by law to contest the validity of the Department of Immigration order for his deportation to France. Previous sentence in France for collaboration with the Nazis - War Criminal. 1951-1952 William Lyon Mackenzie King MG26-J4 Vol. 236 Page Open correspondence re Jacques de C159415 Microfilm H-1473 Bernonville. 1948 William Lyon Mackenzie King MG26-J1/R10383 Vol. 443 Open correspondence re Jacques de Page 405959 Microfilm C- Bernonville. 1948 11052 Louis St. Laurent correspondence: MG26-L /R11214 Vol. 13 Open Immigration – cases. 1947 File 73-1 Louis St. Laurent correspondence: MG26-L /R11214 Vol. 43 Open Department of External Affairs - File D-12-D General - Mr. St-Laurent's signature - Count Jacques De Bernonville. 1948-1949 Louis St. Laurent correspondence: MG26-L /R11214 Vol. 43 Open Department of External Affairs - File number D-12-D Secret - Count Jacques de Bernonville. 1948-1949 Louis St. Laurent correspondence: MG26-L /R11214 Vol. 237 Open Nominal: Bernonville, Jacques. 1951 Louis St. Laurent correspondence: MG26-L /R11214 Vol. 115 Open Immigration – Mr. St-Laurent’s file I-20-f signature – French Collaborators. 1949-1951 United Nations War Crimes RG25-E-2-a Vols. 952-954 Restricted Commission. 1944-1947 by law
Open War Crimes documents, 1945-1946 RG25-E-2-b Vols. 1001, Restrictions 2607-2709 vary War Crimes Tribunal, 1936-1945 RG25 Acc. 1977-78/O87 Restrictions Vols. 1-14 vary United Nations – War Crimes RG25-B-1-k Vol. 2108 File Open Commission (UNWCC). 1942-1949 AR 405/4 United Nations War Crimes RG25-B-1-k Vol. 2109 File Open Commission – National Offices AR 405/4/6 Conference. 1945
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Status of Jacques de Bernonville. RG25-B-1-k Vol. 2122 File Restricted 1948-1950 AR 1179/1 by law Dr. Ferdinand Durcansky - ex-Vice- RG25-B-1-k Vol. 2123 File Restricted Chairman of the Slovak-German AR 1231/1 by law Society. 1950-1951 War Crimes and Criminals – RG25-B-2 Vol. 2143 File Open General. 1946-1950 852 Part 1 United Nations - International RG25-B-2 Vol. 2155 File Open Court of Justice, 1948 Part 1 War Crimes - Secret Files, 1944 RG25-B-2 Vol. 2459 Open Establishment of International RG25-G-2 Vol. 620 File Restricted Court for the trial of war criminals 4896-40 by law and International Military Tribunal for trial of major war criminals - Proposals. 1946-1952 War - Proposals for Atrocities RG25-A-2 Vol. 821, File Open Commission. 1941-1945 696 Suspected war criminals – General, RG25-A-3-b Vol. 2487 Restricted 1962-1963 by law INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATIONS - RG24-C-1-a Vol. 2269 File Restricted SUSPECTED COLLABORATORS. HQS-11-2 by law 1945 Trials of collaborationists in France RG25-G-2 Vol. 3751 File Open - Reports re. 1945-1950 7233-40 Trials in Belgium of collaborators RG25-G-2 Vol. 3809 File Open with enemy forces - Information 8384-40 provided by Canadians for use in trials. 1945-1948 Service in enemy forces-status, RG25-G-2 Vol. 3556 File Restricted assistance immigration of persons 939-C-40 by law who have been in services of enemy govts - Policy & regulations. 1947-1951 Service in enemy forces - Status, RG25-G-2 Vol. 6341 File Restricted assistance, immigration, etc., of 939-C-40 by law persons who have been in the services of enemy governments - Policy and regulations file. 1952- U.N. War Crimes Commission – RG25-G-2 Restrictions Establishment and activities. 1942- vary 1959
Brief description: See link for more complete references Establishment of international RG25-G-2 Vol. 3182 File Restricted court for the trial of war criminals 4896-40 by law and international military tribunal
42 for trial of major war criminals - Proposals. 1943-1946 Establishment of international RG25-G-2 Vol. 3183 File Restricted court for the trial of war criminals 4896-40 by law and international military tribunal for trial of major war criminals – Proposals [pocket]. 1943-1946 Investigation of I.G. Farben. 1945- RG25-G-2 Vol. 3793 File Restricted 1962 8216-40 by law Deputy Minister's registry files: RG26-A-1-c Restrictions immigration (block 3) vary
Brief description: See link for lower level descriptions and more complete references
Example of file in above series: RG26-A-1-d Vol. 151 File Open Enemy Aliens - Admission to 3-32-11 Canada of. 1940-1951 Censorship rpts - 21 A Gp 16 RG24-G-3-1-a Vol. 10548 Open Apr/31 Jul45 (3 vols.) 153/Censor File 215A21.023 (D2) Reports/1/3). 1945 ATROCITIES & WAR CRIMES, RG24-G-3-1-a Vol. 10566 Open Enemy (Nov 45) - Misc infm re: File 215C1. (D13) including, Instrs for Firing Squads; Reports of atrocities - "Wanted" persons, etc.; Alleged murder of Brit Paratroops on "D" Day at Herouvillette, Calvados, France, etc. (104/SECURITY/1-2) 1945 ENEMY NATIONALISTS (Oct/Nov RG24-G-3-1-a Vol. 10566 Open 45) - Infm re War Crimes, File 215C1. (D15) "Wanted" Persons Lists. (104/SECURITY/1-4) 1945 PW CAMPS - Lists of Forced Labor, RG24-G-3-1-a Vol. 10717 Open PW and Internment Camps in File 215C1.98 (D408) Germany, Austria & Poland, also Camp strengths and Locations, 1944-45 (59-17-1/Int) 1944-1945 WAR CRIMINALS - Corresp, msgs, RG24-G-3-1-a Vol. 10738 Open instrs, lists of wanted persons, File 219C1.009 (D217) policy etc war criminals - May/Nov 45 various sources. - (145/War Criminals/1) 1945 Report of Special Investigations RG26-A-1-a vol. 85 File 1- Open [Reports on investigations into 37-8 travel bureau and agents dealing with immigration and persons
43 assisting with immigrationl transcripts of interrogations of persons involved in immigration irregularities]. 1953-1955 RCMP Surveillance Intelligence, RG73-A Vol. 903 File 11- Restricted War Criminal Gestapo. 1974-1979 97 Pt. 1 by law
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Private records
Description File Number Status Fonds Marie-Claire Daveluy R11856/LMS-0009, Vol. Open “Rumilly, Robert.” 1935-1952 6 file 39 Correspondance qui touche sur Jacques de Bernonville. Herbert S. Levy fonds MG31-H156 /R4193, Restricted by Vols. 6-8 creator/ donor Sol Littman fonds R2958 Restricted by creator/ Brief description: Consult finding donor aid for more detailed references Textual records: microform
Open, no copying
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Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals [Deschênes Commission]
The Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals, also known as the Deschênes Commission, was an independent Commission of Inquiry established in 1985 to investigate the charge that a considerable number of Nazi war criminals had gained admittance to Canada through a variety of illegal or fraudulent means. The Commission was headed by Mr. Jules Deschênes, a Justice of the Court of Appeal of Quebec, and it was given wide powers to conduct its investigation, including the power to travel outside Canada.
The report of the Commission was submitted to the government at the end of 1986, and the Government tabled the public portion of the Report [Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals, Part 1: Public] on 12 March 1987 together with its response to the recommendations.
The Report recommended amendments to the Criminal Code to make prosecution possible in Canada, amendments to the Extradition Act and treaties of extradition to facilitate removal of individuals sought by foreign countries for war crimes, and amendments to laws and procedures governing denaturalization (removal of citizenship) and deportation.
Government records Description File Number Status War Crimes Section, Department RG13/R188-119-6-F Restricted by of Justice fonds. 1939-2010 law War Crimes and Special RG18/ R196-192-9-E Restricted by Investigations Unit. 1985-1995 law Military Actions – War Crimes and RG25 -A-3-C File block Restricted by Criminals- Commission of Inquiry 21-10 law on War Criminals – Mutual Cooperation in the prosecution of War Criminals. 1963-1994
Brief description: See link for more complete references NAZI War criminals in Canada: RG25-A-4 Vol. 21930 Restricted by The historical and policy setting law from the 1940s to the present- prepared for the Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals by Alti Rodal: September 1986 – Rodal, A. Commission of Inquiry on War RG33-144/R1079 Open Criminals fonds . 1985-1986
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Private records
Description File Number Status John Turner fonds MG26 Q7/R106904 Vol. Closed by “Deschenes Commission” 4 File 8 creator/donor Ukrainian Canadian Student Union MG28 V103/R9107 Vol. 90: Open fonds 52 Files 11-12 Deschenes Commission. 1985- 1986 B’nai Brith Canada fonds MG28 V133/R6348 Vols. Restricted by “League Studies” on the 107-108 creator/ Deschenes Commission and War donor Criminals. 1981-1987 German Canadian Congress fonds MG28 V 160 Vol. 39 File Open Deschenes Commission and 21/R4459 Criminal Code Amendments - correspondence. 1985-1991 David Matas fonds MG31 E109/ R5053 Vol. Restricted by War crimes series. 1946-1991 54-60 creator/ donor John Sopinka fonds MG31-E120/R1312 Vol. Open [86-20-B] Deschênes Inquiry - 23 File 2 "Deschênes Commission" Address – Ukranian [sic] Professional & Busines [sic] Club - L'Hôtel - 24 January 1986 - 6:30pm W. Gunther Plaut fonds MG31-F6/R5917 Vol. 219 Restricted by CJC - Commission of Inquiry on File 18 creator/ War Criminals - Correspondence – donor Reports. 1985-1986 File Deschênes Commission - MG31-F6/R5917 Vol. 224 Restricted by Correspondence – Information. File 7 creator/ 1986-1987 donor Deschênes Commission Report. MG31-F6/R5917 Vol. 224 Restricted by 1987 File 8 creator/ donor Donald Mazankowski fonds MG32 B57/R8096, Vol. Closed by “Priorities and Planning 267 Files 3-7 creator/donor Committee and Planning Sub- Committee,” 1987. Michael Wilson fonds R1360, Vol. 159, file 9 To be determined
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Deschenes Commission. 1985- 1987 Canadian Civil Liberties R9833 Vol. 63 File 4 Restricted by Association fonds, Criminal Law creator/ donor Paul Yuzyk fonds, Files received in MG32-C67/R6782, Vols. Restrictions 1986 from Senate 63-68 vary
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Published references
Littman, Sol. War criminal on trial: Rauca of Kaunas.
Margolian, Howard. Unauthorized entry: the truth about Nazi war criminals in Canada, 1946–1956.
Matas, David with Susan Charendoff. Justice delayed: Nazi war criminals in Canada.
Rodal, Alti. Nazi war criminals in Canada: the historical and policy setting from the 1940s to the present, prepared for the Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals.
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Holocaust denial
Government records
Description File Number Status Supreme Court of Canada case files
See the following references: Ernst Zundel v. Her Majesty the RG 125 Vol. 7755 File Closed Queen 31775
Ernst Zundel v. The Minister of RG 125 Vol. 7268 File Open Citizenship and Immigration, et al. 30720
Ernst Zundel v. Her Majesty the RG 125 Vol. 7131 File Open Queen 30427
Ernst Zundel v. Minister of RG 125 Vol. 7092 File Open Citizenship and Immigration, et al. 30360
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Ernst Zundel v. Sabina Citron, et RG 125 Vol. 6150-6151 Open al. File 28009
Ernst Zundel v. Sabina Citron, et RG 125 Vol. 6150 File Open al. 28008
Ernst Zundel v. The Minister of RG 125 Vol. 6141 File Open Citizenship and Immigration, et al. 27977
Ernst Zundel v. Don Boudria, et al. RG 125 Vol. 6041 File Open 27655 Ernst Zundel v. Minister of RG 125 Vol. 5661 File Open Citizenship and Immigration 26417
Ernst Zundel v. Her Majesty the RG 125 Vol. 3998-4000 Open Queen File 21811
Her Majesty the Queen v. Ernst RG 125 Vol. 3635 File Open Zundel 20310
Her Majesty the Queen, et al. v. RG 125 Vol. 4975 File Open James Keegstra, et al. 24296
James Keegstra v. Her Majesty the RG 125 Vol. 4417 File Open Queen 22455
Her Majesty the Queen v. James RG 125 Vol. 3822 and Open Keegstra 3823 File 21118
Ross v. New Brunswick School RG 125 Vol. 4873 File Open District No. 15 (aka Attis v. 24002 Human Rights Commission of New Brunswick, et al.)
Malcolm Ross v. Minister of RG 125 Vol. 3951 File Open Labour, et al. 21638
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Private records
Description File Number Status
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John Sopinka fonds R1312 Vol. 12, file 21 Closed by Ernst Zundel v. Her Majesty the creator/donor Queen, et al. (Crim.) (Ont.) (21811) August 27, 1992 [pt 1]. Ernst Zundel v. Her Majesty the R1312 Vol. 12, file 22 Closed by Queen, et al. (Crim.) (Ont.) creator/donor (21811) August 27, 1992 [pt 2]. Sol Littman fonds, Holocaust R2958, Vols. 45-50 Restricted by Denial and Historical Revisionism creator/ series donor Bert Raphael fonds, Jewish Civil MG31-H189/R4877, Vols. To be Rights Educational Foundation 3-5 determined series Herbert S. Levy fonds, Race MG31-H156/R4193 Vols. Restricted by relations and subject files series 6-8 creator/ donor
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Audiovisual sources
Description File Number Status Charles McLean Show. David Acc. 2006-0008 ISN Restricted by Irving and Bernie Farber . 1990 370604 donor
Consultation copies: 370604-2006-0008-26- S1.mp3 370604-2006-0008-26- S2.mp3 370604-2006-0008-27- S1.mp3 370604-2006-0008-27- S2.mp3 370604-2006-0008-28- S1.mp3 370604-2006-0008-28- S2.mp3 W5 – Case of Malcolm Ross. 1988 Acc. 1998-0214 ISN Open 87359 No consultation copy Forgetting the Holocaust. Acc. 1996-0463 ISN Open Canadian Association of 265594. Broadcasters. 1994 Consultation copy: 265594-1996-0463- 06.mp3
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Zündel, Ernst - Press Conference. Acc. 2000-0010 ISN Open 1998 331575 No existing consultation copy
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Published references
Hoffman, Michael A. The great holocaust trial.
Weimann, Gabriel and Conrad Wim. Hate on trial the Zundel affair, the media, public opinion in Canada.
Holocaust studies and Jewish response
Private records
Description File Number Status Emil L. Fackenheim fonds MG31-D74/R4535 Restrictions vary
B’nai Brith Canada fonds, League MG28 V133 vol. 107 and Restricted by studies 108 creator/ donor W. Gunther Plaut fonds MG31-F6/R5917 Restrictions vary Reuben Slonim fonds MG31-F7/R6284 Restrictions vary Reuven P. Bulka fonds MG31-F14/R4259 Restrictions vary Dow Marmur fonds MG31-F19/R3641 Restrictions vary
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Published references
Search Amicus under Emil Fackenheim for complete listings:
Fachenheim, Emil. An epitaph for German Judaism: from Halle to Jerusalem.
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Fackenheim, Emil. To mend the world: foundations of post-Holocaust Jewish thought.
Fackenheim, Emil. The human condition after Auschwitz: a Jewish testimony a generation after.
Fackenheim, Emil. L. The Jewish return into history: reflections in the age of Auschwitz and a new Jerusalem.
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Responses in art, literature and music
Performance
Description File Number Status Gretl K. Fischer fonds MG31-D99 Vol. 1 Open
Poster for theatre performance of MG31-F14/R4259, Box Open I Never Saw Another Butterfly 2000949805 Poster for Shoah: a film by Claude RG149/R854-35-0-E Open Lanzmann 1989-482-59
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Audiovisual sources
Plays, television dramatizations and feature films about the Holocaust
Description File Number Status The Paranormals. Part 2, The Acc. 1980-0106 ISN Open Throw of the Dice. CBC 256297 Playhouse. 1978 No existing consultation copy A Moment in the Light, Midweek Acc. 1985-0268 ISN Open Theatre. 1965 2150 No existing consultation copy Emotional Arithmetic. 2007 Acc. 2007-0113 ISN Open 382552 No existing consultation copy
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Fugitive Pieces. 2007 Acc. 2008-0017 ISN Open 388331 No existing consultation copy
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Documentaries about the Holocaust
Description File Number Status Raoul Wallenberg Buried Alive. Acc. 1989-0438 ISN. Open 1984 138611 Consultation Copy: V1 9801-0003 To Mend the World. Rasky's Acc. 1988-0372 ISN Open Gallery: Poets, Painters, Singers 101778 and Saints. 1988 No existing consultation copy A Day in the Warsaw Ghetto - A Acc. 1992-0197 ISN Open Birthday Trip in Hell. 1991 200462 No existing consultation copy Hate and Heroism : The Holocaust Acc. 1996-0463 ISN Open 50 Years Later. 1994 265593 Consultation copies: 265593-1996-0463-05- S1.mp3; 265593-1996- 0463-05-S2.mp3 Zyklon Portrait. 1999 Acc. 2001-0184 ISN Open 329906 Consultation copy: V1 2002-01-0019
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The Boys of Buchenwald: From Acc. 2004-0022 ISN Open Darkness into Light. 2001 350655 Consultation copy: V1 2004-07-0024 Le Coeur d’Auschwitz. 2008/2010 Acc. 2011-0020 ISN Open 431588 No existing consultation copy Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Acc. 2005-0253 ISN Open Story. Part 1 of 2. 2003 367224 Consultation copy: V1 2005-11-0003 Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Acc. 2005-0253 ISN Open Story. Part 2 of 2. 2003 367226 No existing consultation copy Silent Song. 2001 Acc. 2003-0015 ISN Open 340664 No existing consultation copy The Walnut Tree. 2000 Acc. 2001-0184 ISN Open 329907 Consultation copy: V1 2002-01-0019 Inside Hana’s Suitcase. 2007 Acc. 2009-0072 ISN Open 419977 Consultation copy: V1 2009-09-0117
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Musical responses to the Holocaust
Classical music
Description File Number Status Brian Cherney fonds R12812 Vol. 41 file 6 Open Shekhinah. Manuscript, musical score for solo viola Oskar Morawetz fonds R4538 Open From the Diary of Anne Frank
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Brief description: Published annotated musical score for voice and orchestra, see pdf file, nos 262 and 263 From the diary of Anne Frank sound recording
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
I never saw another butterfly [music]: a cycle of songs to children's poems (1942– 1944) from the concentration camp at Terezin by Srul Irving Glick
CBC commissioned Glick to write this work for Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester. Published reference: published vocal score
Popular music Red Sector A, a song written and performed by the Canadian rock band Rush. The Holocaust song, included on the band’s 1984 album Grace Under Pressure, was written after hearing the story of the liberation of lead-singer Geddy Lee's mother, Manya Rubenstein, from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Published reference: sound recording
Lunatic Fringe, a song written and performed by the Canadian band Tom Cochrane and Red Rider, was inspired by the Holocaust and included on the band’s 1981 album release As Far As Siam. Published reference: sound recording
Artistic responses
William Kurelek sketchbook MG31-D231/R4640 Vol. 16 Items 28.1 -- 28.14 Open
Published reference: literary, artistic and educational responses to the Holocaust
Literary Berlinski, S. A dor fun Bereshis. Minkhen: [s.n.], 1947. Brief description: Early fiction about the Holocaust in Yiddish
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Bialer, Leib. Oysge.trif.te likh.t: a matseyveh ...[Paris]: Aroysgegebn durkh a grupe frayn.t, [1949]. Brief description: Poems mourning the losses inflicted upon survivors because of the Holocaust
Blumental, Nachman. Shmuesn .vegn der Yidisher li.teratur un.ter der Day.tsher o.kupatsye. Buenos-Ayres: Tsentral-farband fun Poylishe Yidn in Argentine, 1966. Brief description: On Yiddish literature written under Nazi occupation
Charney. Daniel. Lider/illustrated by Benn. Pariz: Farlag fun A. B. Tserata, 1950. Brief description: Limited edition of plated drawings by Benn, a Holocaust survivor
Kiyem: .hoydesh zshurnal far li.teratur, .kul.tur un gezelshaf.tlekhe problemen,. Pariz: aroysgegebn durkh .Kul.turtsen.ter bay der Federatsye fun Yidish gezelshaf.tn in Frankraykh, 1948– Brief description: Includes works by Yehude Elberg, Rachel H. Korn
Knapheys, M. Megiles Yid: blider, baladn, poemen. .Varshe: Farlag "Dos Naye Lebn, "1948. Brief description: Poetry and personal narrative of survivor
Rosenfarb, Chava. Ge.to un andere lider: boykh fragmen.tn fun a tog bukh. Montreal: H. Hershman, 1948. Brief description: Poetry and fragments of a diary
Za.k, Avraham. Mit ash oyfn .kop. Lodzsh: Farlag “Dos Naye Leben,” 1947. Brief description: Holocaust poetry
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Visual: early Holocaust photo documentation
Undzer .hurbn in bild. Our Destruction in Pictures. Bergn-Belzn: Aroysgeber Tsen.tal .komi.te.t fun di bafray.te Yidn in der Britisher zone, 1946 (Farlag “Undzer sh.time”). Brief description: Early photo documentation of the Holocaust. Text in Yiddish, Hebrew, English and German
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Zaglada Zydostwa Polskiego: Album Zdje’c. Extermination of Polish Jews: Album of Pictures. Lódz: Centralna Zydowska Komisja Historyczna w Polsce, 1945. Brief description: Early photo documentation of the Holocaust
Please note: the resources listed are intended to be a sampling, not an exhaustive list. Further research may be required.
Visual: livres d’artistes, secondary sources on Holocaust art, etc.
Allied Jewish Community Services (Montreal, Quebec) and Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre Résistance spirituelle, 1940–1945: l'art dans les camps de concentration et les ghettos = Spiritual resistance, 1940-1945: art from concentration camps and ghettos
Fournier, Jacques. Le 6 avril 1944/[original photography by Edward Hillel; [Montréal]: Éditions Roselin, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/livres-d-artistes/026001-2080- e.html?PHPSESSID=m54hf6dereku7v0jgtr2c2kh40 (image on archived LAC website)
Kashetsky, Herzl. A prayer for the dead the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 16 March – 11 May 1997: the New Brunswick Museum, 17 May – 4 August 1997.
Lerner, Loren L. & C Garayt (tranlator). Afterimage: evocations of the Holocaust in contemporary Canadian arts and literature= Rémanences : évocations de l'Holocauste dans les arts et la littérature canadiens contemporains.
Lewis, Stephen (interviewer). Art out of agony: the Holocaust theme in literature, sculpture and film. Montreal: CBC Enterprises, 1984.
Mendzshitski, Moris. Dem onden.k fun di mar.tirer un kemfer fun .Varshever ge.to: eyn-un draysi.k tseykhenungen. Pariz:Oyfsnay, 1950.
Musiol, Marie Jeanne. In the shadow of the forest: Auschwitz-Birkenau. [Hull, Quebec: M.-J. Musiol, 1998]
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Educational
Peli. Moshe. Gibore ha-geto: pirke kriah le-kitolt ha-nemukhot. New York: Histadruth Ivrith of America; Montreal: Canadian Association for Hebrew Education and Culture, 1963. Brief description: School book on the Warsaw Ghetto intended for elementary school children learning Hebrew]
General tools and sources for information on the Holocaust
Berenbaum, Michael and Fred Skolnik (editors). Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed. [computer file]
Berenbaum, Michael and Fred Skolnik. (editors) Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed.
Candian theses = Thèses canadiennes. Canadian universities participate in a program voluntarily by submitting approved theses and dissertation to Theses Canada. They exist in microform or digital formats. Please consult Theses Portal:
Search AMICUS according to the key word “Canadian theses = Thèses canadiennes” as well as another keyword such as “Holocaust” for listing of holdings. Below is an example:
Ravvin. Norman. Countering the concentration camp world [microform]: ethical response to the Holocaust in Canadian and American fiction.
Edelheit, Abraham J. Bibliography on Holocaust literature
Gilbert, Martin. Atlas of the Holocaust.
Hilberg, Raul. The destruction of the European Jews.
Hundert, Gershon David (ed) The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe.
Kremer, Lillian (ed.). Holocaust literature: an encyclopedia of writers and their work Holocaust literature: an encyclopedia of writers and their work.
Marrus, Michael R., The Holocaust in history.
Menkis, Richard and Ronnie Tessler and Frieda Miller. Canada responds to the Holocaust 1944 to 1945. Brief description: electronic resource
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Rudin, Claire (ed.). Children's books about the Holocaust: a selective annotated bibliography.
Tyrnauer, Gabrielle. Gypsies and the Holocaust: a bibliography and introductory essay.
Klein, Ruth (ed.) Nazi Germany, Canadian responses: confronting antisemitism in the shadow of war.
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